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Leonardo DiCaprio's Boat in Cannes Stocked With Women

Who need champagne when your boat is stocked with babes? There's too many too count. Leonardo DiCaprio is lost in a high sea of women as he vacations on a boat off the coast of Cannes, France (see photo above.)[…]

New Video: Papoose -- 'Turn It Up' feat. DJ Premier

Papoose and DJ Premier give a little taste of a day in the life in the new visuals for Papoose's "Turn It Up" off The Nacirema Dream. The NYC postcard is directed by Gabriella Loutfi. "This isn’t just an album[…]

Hip-Hop Rumors: Will Kim Defy King Kanye?

The fight over baby ‘Ye is on! And they are looking like they are going to CLASH. Before, we had determined that Kanye was not with the whole situation of selling baby pictures to the tabloids. RadarOnline is saying that[…]

[PHOTOS] Ibiza Closing Parties With Maya Jane Coles

Will Smith Reunites With DJ Jazzy Jeff, Raps 'Fresh Prince of Bel-Air' Theme Again (VIDEO)

Will Smith hasn't released a new album since 2005's Lost and Found. He hasn't released an album with Jazzy Jeff since 1993's Code Red. Smith returned to both the mike and with DJ Jazzy Jeff this week on the BBC's[…]

Lessons From a Legend: DJ Jazzy Jeff

Even if DJ Jazzy Jeff retired twenty years ago, a spot in the Hip-Hop history books would still be his.  As one half of the duo DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince, he and Will Smith were the first[…]

Hip-Hop Rumors: Was The Source Mag Tim Dog’s Pawn?

I forgot that The Source Magazine was the entity that broke the Tim Dog story! Now, that the bottom is falling out from beneath that story, a lot of PURE CRAP is coming out. You know all the stories of[…]

New Music: Schoolboy Q -- 'Hell of a Night'

Schoolboy Q pulls an all-nighter on his latest joint, "Hell of a Night." The song premiered last night (May 25) on the full moon, during the Miami Heat and Indiana Pacers NBA playoff game. Fitting considering Q raps, "When the[…]

Week In VIBE: Kanye West Projections Hit the Globe, Deadly Tornado Touches Down in Oklahoma

This week on Week In VIBE, comedian JSnow takes a turn for the serious and looks at devastating footage from the Oklahoma tornado that claimed the lives of several people and leveled schools. The funnyman then gets poetic about Beyonce's[…]

50 Cent Pays For Slain Teen’s Funeral Procession

(AllHipHop News) 50 Cent opened up his wallet to help with the funeral expenses for a child slain in his native Jamaica, Queens. D’aja Robinson, 14, was murdered last weekend as she rode the bus. Police suspect that the gunman[…]

NEW MUSIC: Meek Mill- Levels (Off Upcoming Dreamchasers 3 Mixtape)

You did not think Meek Mill was going to let Memorial Day Weekend go by without dropping some new music, did you? Either way, Karen Civil debuted a new song from Meek Mill entitled “Levels” off of his upcoming mixtape Dreamchasers[…]

NEW MUSIC: Meek Mill -- 'Levels'

"Little niggas we don't rock the same clothes, fuck the same hoes, cause it's levels to this shit," raps Meek Mill on his new track "Levels." Mill talks a big game on the Cardo Got Wings produced track, seemingly telling[…]

Police Shut Kanye West Down, Fans Disappointed

(AllHipHop News) The Houston police shut down a video shoot for the latest by Kanye West, according to reports. Kanye West has sporadically been screening his latest video on the sides of wall in public venue thought the country. Houston[…]

Schoolboy Q's 'Oxymoron' Features His Daughter

We could talk to Schoolboy Q for hours. Scratch that. We could talk and smoke with Groovy Q for hours. Q is easily sitting on one of hip-hop's most anticipated album's of 2013. So far, all of Oxymoron's projected tracks,[…]

Epic Win Or Epic Fail? Check Out What This Dude In Honor Of Scarface!

Scarface is a legend no doubt, but we’ve seen this before with other (inferior) artists and we hated it. Now, we have this dedication. Scarface loved it and retweeted it. What do you think? Meanwhile, The Game got a tattoo[…]

Kanye West "New Slaves" Projections Shut Down in Houston

Kanye West fans expecting to see the rapper's "New Slaves" projections at various locations throughout Houston, only saw flashing lights instead. Three of West's locations in H-Town -- the Rothko Chapel, the Central Library downtown and the George Bush Monument[…]

Joey Bada$$ Set To Release New EP

(AllHipHop News) Joey Bada$$, the BK lyrical upstart, is prepping a new EP called Summer Knights. The mini-opus is set to drop on June 12, according to his twitter. The EP was originally a Pro Era mix tape, but changed[…]

Bay Area Basketball Star Arrested For The Murder Of Lil Phat

(AllHipHop News) Decensae White was the leading scorer on San Francisco State University’s basketball team, the former roommate of NFL player Michael Crabtree at Texas Tech University, and the star of a viral video that eventually made it’s way onto[…]

Boyz II Men Serenades Couple In New Kia Sorento Commercial

Boyz II Men is back on the commercial scene. With the controversy around their “Love white jeans on you” Old Navy commercial, sung to the tune of their 1994 hit “I’ll Make Love To You,” the R&B group kept their[…]

Kanye West Stands Alone

On his new songs, the rapper points fingers in every direction, including back at himself.» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us

Marques Toliver: An R&B Crooner With Strings Attached

Toliver's music is anchored by the violin, on which he is classically trained. He says he discovered the instrument in fifth grade — and that in a way, it chose him.» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us

First Listen: G&D, 'The Lighthouse'

On The Lighthouse, Georgia Anne Muldrow and Dudley Perkins engineer an overstuffed, idea-packed collision of funk, soul, hip-hop, jazz, psychedelic space-rock, spoken-word poetry, protest music and more. Along the way, they examine innumerable intersections of love, politics, spirituality, healthy living,[…]

LL Cool J On 'Accidental Racist' And Authenticity

"The last thing that I want to do is be a hack," says the rapper and actor. His latest album, his first since splitting with the record label that launched his career, is called Authentic.» E-Mail This     » Add to[…]

On Two New R&B Albums, An Old Soul Sound That Glows

New York's Charles Bradley and London's James Hunter Six both mix inspiration and replication.» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us

20 Years Ago Biz Markie Got The Last Laugh

After the rapper lost a legal battle with far-reaching consequences over sampling, the mere existence of All Samples Cleared! was a triumph.» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us

First Listen: Music From Baz Luhrmann's Film 'The Great Gatsby'

The soundtrack to The Great Gatsby, Baz Luhrmann's latest high-end refurbishing of a lived-in classic, doesn't try to re-imagine Jazz Age tunes in a modern context. Instead, it attempts to transplant the sensibility of the 1920s to the hip-hop era,[…]

'The Talent Comes First': Roc Marciano Takes An A&R Gig

The New York rapper on his new role, Lil B's brilliance and doing business with good people.» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us

The Tyler Interview: Silly, But With A Purpose

In front of a paying audience, Tyler answered the questions of rap journalist Elliott Wilson. Tyler's buoyancy contrasted with Wilson's laid-back style, and resulted in a conversation that was at turns intimate and crude.» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us

Talib Kweli On Mainstream Hip-Hop And Honoring The Old School

The New York rapper's political and layered rhymes have been pegged as "conscious rap," a label that has now become pejorative. His latest album challenges that image, paying homage to old-school hip-hop and working with the present.» E-Mail This     »[…]

New Music: Mayer Hawthorne - 'Designer Drug'

For years, yours truly has been a big fan of Michigan-born, LA-based singer-songwriter Mayer Hawthorne, mainly because of his cool, pseudo-Motown, distinctly soulful vocal style. But it looks like he might be going in a different direction on his third[…]

R&B News N Rumors: 03/31/13 Edition

Some of the more interesting R&B-related news and rumors from the past week: Justin Timberlake's new album, The 20/20 Experience, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 968,000 copies in its first week. 20/20, which was released[…]

Spring 2013 R&B/Soul Concert Tours

Spring has officially sprung, and with the warmer weather comes more entertainment options, including concerts. And this spring, some of the bigger names in R&B and Soul music are out touring the U.S., North America and even the entire world.[…]

New Music: India.Arie - 'Cocoa Butter'

It's been a long four years since India.Arie released her most recent studio album (2009's Testimony: Vol. 2, Love & Politics), but according to her music label, a new release will be on it's way to stores later this year. India's[…]

New Music: John Legend feat. Rick Ross - 'Who Do We Think We Are'

A few days ago, John Legend offered up a taste of his new music in the form of a promo/buzz song called "The Beginning," from his upcoming album, Love in the Future. And now, just a week later, the album's[…]

Album Review: Brian McKnight - 'More Than Words'

On his 13th studio album, R&B legend Brian McKnight proves two things: one is that he still has one of the purest, most silky-smooth voices in urban music. Despite being ...Read Full Post

R&B News N Rumors: 03/24/13 Edition

Some of the more interesting R&B-related news and rumors from the past week: In mid-April, Prince is embarking on a seven city West Coast trek that's been dubbed the "Live Out Loud Tour," after the current single, "Live Out Loud,"[…]

Prince Announces West Coast 'Live Out Loud' Tour

If you live in a major city on the West Coast of the U.S. or Canada and have a yearning to see his purple majesty, Prince, perform live, you're about to have your chance. Or to be more accurate, you're[…]

Free R&B: Josh Xantus - 'The Antidote' Mixtape

Up-and-coming R&B singer-songwriter Josh Xantus, aka Josh X, has been featured on this site a few times, and deservedly so: over the course of the past couple of years, he's shown himself to be one of the better young artists[…]

New Music: John Legend - 'The Beginning'

If you hadn't heard yet, R&B singer-songwriter John Legend is due to release his fourth studio album, Love in the Future, in the coming months and is planning to launch a world tour in support of the album later this[…]